Doodle Bug

IMDb link: 0411302
IMDb rating: 7 (20,096 votes)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery, Short
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Jeremy Theobald and others

Release year: 1997
Runtime: 3 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: shoe, bug, alternate reality, vicious cycle, surprise ending, escalation, endless loop, visual metaphor, student film, parallel world

Plot:

In a ratty flat, a man is on his hands and knees, holding a shoe by its toe, trying to kill a bug of some sort that so far has managed to evade him. He keeps up the chase and whacks at it a few times. Then, we get a look at what he's been trying to flatten. In what sort of universe have we found ourselves? Who's in danger?

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